The Time Machine Classic

The Time Machine When an author writes a book, there are many different attributes that could cause the book to be studied carefully, have characteristics of becoming a classic, and contribute different aspects to society. H.G. Wells shows the reader a desolate future by displaying how mankind will move towards a more capitalist society and change for the worst, in his classic The Time Machine. H.G. Wells, author of great works such as the Time Machine, the Chronic Argonauts, and Outline of History, was born Herbert George Wells on September 21st in 1866. As a child Wells was always sick and due to that sickness, he reads a lot of works by both Charles Dickens and Washington Irving. Wells’s work was more so steered towards satire …show more content…
A classic is a piece of literature that have stood the test of time, or able to convey the same message today as it would have the time period it has been written. (What Makes a Book a Classic?) The Time Machine has clearly stood the test of time. Its message of capitalism and how society’s class split will harm the future of the species can still be applied to today’s society. There is a class split between the high class elitists and the poverty stricken working class is happening today. Another reason that defines a classic novel is that the piece of literature has a brilliant story that is completely unique. (What Are Classic Novels?) The Time Machine was one of the first science fiction novels that really went in depth about the science of time travel. The novel also pioneer the idea of the time machine in order to facilitate travel through time. (Temple) In T.S. Elliot’s essay presented to the Virgil Society in 1947, Elliot describes how a classic needs to be mature in language, mind, and manner. (What Is a Classic?) The Time Machine has a very erudite language and speech. The speech helps show how the time traveller is very intelligent. The lack of very colloquial speech shows its maturity. As for mind and manner, The Time Machine spreads the very adult idea of the terrible end that mankind will go if they continue on this path of separated class and dependency on technology. A classic according to the oxford dictionary is “A work of art of recognised and established values”. (Classic) And The Time Machine fits this description perfectly. The piece of literature has values that stood the test of time and beloved by millions of people. All of these reasons make The Time Machine a